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EDITORIAL
Community can lessen the pain on Chambers St.
 Any of the hundreds of thousands of Chambers St. users wondering about the probable construction nightmare coming to this crucial street need only walk over a few blocks to Fulton St., where the city has been replacing a water main for over two years.

DOWNTOWN NOTEBOOK

Sex scandals for the not so famous
By Dottie Wilson
News headlines about work-related romances only come out when it’s about some idiot celebrity — you hardly ever hear about the little people, the average employee.


Letters to the Editor

Ira Blutreich

Mixed Use

Under Cover

Transit Sam

 

 


Downtown’s next ground zero of construction: Chambers St.
By Julie Shapiro
Chambers St. may be the next Fulton St.

Gerson hard at work in his final Council days
By Julie Shapiro
Two days before City Councilmember Alan Gerson’s term ended this week, he was still racing between his office and City Hall, attending transition meetings and approving press releases.

Downtown kayakers may have to sit out the season
By Julie Shapiro
It looks like free kayaking on Pier 40 will not return next season.

Calling it a season


News


City takeover of Governors Isle winning support
The city’s move to take over Governors Island appears to be gaining momentum.

Theater could have second act as performance center
By Julie Shapiro
The long-shuttered Loew’s Canal Theater in Chinatown could get a new life as a performing arts center.

Rossant, 81, architect made his mark Downtown

St. Vincent’s study has to be widened, critics say
By Albert Amateau
The proposed St. Vincent’s Hospital/Rudin residential redevelopment project drew a step closer to reality last month when the hospital submitted a blueprint for an environmental review to the Department of City Planning.

Neighborly help for the M.T.A.

Let me get that, Lucy

Storm’s red umbrella wrath

 

ARTS DOWNTOWN

At home, the singular Stritch sings Sondheim
BY JERRY TALLMER
Early tribute trumps upcoming March birthday fetes.

Get to know Kenkeleba and Kamoinge
BY BONNIE ROSENSTOCK
Camille Billops, Corrine Jennings champion African art.

Koch on Film
By Ed Koch

Holiday Oddities
By Scott Stiffler
Offbeat observations from our favorite neighborhood pundits

 



Times change, song remains the same
BY RICHARD ANTONE
All-star CD pays tribute to 1960s Village music scene.

Characters, audience and author are all orphans
BY JERRY TALLMER
Insights from Hallie Foote: Horton’s daughter, favorite actress

Sensational facts, told with the gregarious affection

She like girls; and pays the price
By Jerry Talmer
Playwright charts sad cost of same sex affection.

Empathy and education among two persecuted groups


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